Panasonic Hdc Sd40 Owners Maual Manual

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≥Open the lens cover before turning on the unit. ( l17)
1Change the mode to   and 
open the LCD monitor.
2Press the recording start/
stop button to start 
recording.
A When you begin recording,  ; 
changes to  ¥.
3Press the recording start/
stop button again to pause 
recording.
∫ About the screen indications in the motion picture recording
Basic
Recording motion pictures
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0h00m00s 0h00m00s
0h00m00sR 1h20m
R 1h20m
R 1h20mA Recording mode
B Approximate remaining recordable 
time
(When the...

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≥There are 2 recording formats that can be  used with this unit: AVCHD that records 
high-definition motion pictures and iFrame that records motion pictures suitable for 
playback and editing on Mac (iMovie’11). To change the recording format, change 
the recording mode. ( l54)
≥ The images recorded between pressing the recording start/stop button to start recording 
and pressing it again to pause recording become one scene.
When you record with the [REC MODE] set to [iFrame], the scenes longer...

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Still picture recorded with size of  (1920k1080) and an aspect ratio of 16:9.
≥ Open the lens cover before turning on the unit. ( l17)
1Change the mode to   and 
open the LCD monitor.
2Press the   button.
∫ About the screen indications in still picture recording
: Quality of still pictures ( l57)
: Size of still pictures
R3000: Remaining number of still pictures (Flashes  in red when [0] appears.)
: Still picture operation indicator ( l100)
≥During motion picture recording or when set to...

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The following modes (appropriate for the condition) are set just by pointing the unit to what 
you want to record.
≥ Depending on the recording conditions, the unit may not enter the desired mode.
≥ In the Portrait, Spotlight and Low light mode, the face will be surrounded by white frame 
when detected. In the Portrait mode, a subject that is bigger and close to center of the 
screen will be surrounded  by an orange frame. (l55)
≥ Faces cannot be detected depending on the recording conditions,...

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∫Intelligent Auto Mode
When switching to Intelligent Auto Mode, the Auto White Balance and Auto Focus operate 
and automatically adjust the color balance and focusing.
Depending on the brightness of the subject etc., the aperture and shutter speed are 
automatically adjusted for an optimum brightness.
≥Color balance and focus may not be adjusted automatically depending on light sources or 
scenes. If so, manually adjust these settings. ( l59, 62)
Automatic white balance
The illustration shows...

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1Change the mode to  .
2Select the play mode select 
icon A using  3/4/ 2 and 
press the ENTER button.
3
Select the [VIDEO/PICTURE] you wish to play back, then press the 
ENTER button.
/
Select the [MEDIA] and [VIDEO/PICTURE] you wish to play back, 
then press the ENTER button.
≥ Press the MENU button.
4Select the scene or the still 
picture to be played back using 
3/ 4/2/1, then press the ENTER 
button.
B  is displayed when [AVCHD] is 
selected or   is displayed when 
[iFrame] is selected in...

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5Select the operation icon using 
3/4/2/1.
A Operation icon
≥ Press the ENTER button to display (/not-display) 
the operation icon.
∫ Change the thumbnail display
While the thumbnail is displayed, the thumbnail display changes in the following order if the 
zoom lever is operated to   side or   side.
20 scenes  () 9 scenes ()  1 scene
≥ 9 scenes display returns if the unit is turned off or the mode is 
changed.
∫ Speaker volume adjustment
Operate the volume lever to adjust the 
speaker volume...

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Motion picture compatibility≥This unit is based on AVCHD format/MPEG-4 AVC file format.
≥ Video signal for the AVCHD that can be played back with this unit is 1920 k1080/60i.
≥ Video signal for the iFrame that can be played back with this unit is 960 k540/30p.
≥ Motion pictures recorded using other equipment cannot be played back on this unit.
≥ Motion pictures recorded in AVCHD and iFrame are not compatible with each other.
Still picture compatibility≥This unit is compliant with the unified...

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1Press the MENU button.
2Select the top menu A using 
3/ 4 and press  1 or press the 
ENTER button.
3Select the submenu B using 
3/ 4 and press  1 or press the 
ENTER button.
4Select the desired item using 
3/ 4/2/1, and press the 
ENTER button to set.
To get back to the previous screenPress  2 of the cursor button.
To exit the menu screenPress the MENU button.
∫ About the information display
Descriptions of the selected submenus and 
items displayed in steps 3 and 4, and 
messages to confirm...

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≥The items displayed differ depending on the position or settings of the mode switch.
Select the menu.
The screen display can be changed to [OFF] (a portion of information displayed) or [ON] (all 
information displayed).
Please refer to page 28.
It is possible to display and record the time at the travel destination by selecting your home 
region and the travel destination.
1 Select [SET WORLD TIME] and press the ENTER button.≥If the clock is not set, adjust the clock to the current time. (...